new member of the knit-o-matic family

Please meet Belle! Belle is the long awaited buddy for Pluto. They aren't in love yet, but the feathers aren't flying either and i have high hopes for their future. I am trying to avoid any egg laying activity, i don't want any baby bird action around here.

this is one of my first pictures of Belle. She's a little stunned here, still in shock from all the changes in her surroundings. i got her from a foster family who had several large parrots and she had all kinds of anxiety in her life. She was picking out her feathers there, but they are growing back now.

This is Belle's second photo shoot. I learned pretty quickly that you should not test your pristine new light box with a little yellow crap-factory. There isn't an actual correlation between Belle's 'expression' in this picture and her personality, but she is shaping up to be an interesting little critter with a fiery spirit.